Colton man arrested after allegedly pimping girl at Redlands motel

Wilbert Andres Mancia-Mejia, 31, of Colton was arrested June 3 following a police investigation.

According to a Redlands police news release, Mancia-Mejia met the girl online in May and identified himself as 17-year-old "Albert Mann."

Police say they later met in person and a sexual affair between the two began.

During that alleged affair, Mancia-Mejia took photos of them having sex, according to the release.

That's when police say Mancia-Mejia posted compromising photos on the website Craigslist, to arrange for men to have sex with the girl.

On May 30, Mancia-Mejia rented a room in a Redlands motel and sent the victim inside to wait for him, police said.

According to police officials, who would not comment further citing the ongoing investigation, Mancia-Mejia waited in his car in the motel parking lot while an unidentified man went into the room and sexually assaulted the girl.

Before leaving, the man told her to wait in the room for five minutes before going anywhere.

On June 2, the girl reported the assault to police and Mancia-Mejia was arrested the following day. He was booked into the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino and held in lieu of $400,000 bail.

Detectives are asking for anyone with information related to the case to call Detective Natasha Crawford at 909-798-7623.

A recent prostitution sting operation in Redlands led to the arrests of four people.

On June 5, detectives with Redlands, San Bernardino and Riverside police departments and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department set up in a Redlands motel for the sting operation.

Detectives contacted women advertising as prostitutes on Craigslist.

Three women allegedly agreed to meet at the motel room. When each of the women arrived, price negotiations began for sex acts they would perform with the undercover officers. The women were arrested after the money changed hands.

All three were cited for prostitution and booked at Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.

Police also arrested parolee at large Gregory Wayne Atkins when he dropped one of the women off at the motel.

Another incident linked to a motel in Redlands occurred in December. A British national, Adam James Michael Robinson, 21, was accused of flying to the United States to have sex with an underage Highland girl he met online in a Redlands motel.

Robinson had at least six sexual encounters with the girl over two days, according to the criminal complaint filed by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office.

Good Nite Inn, 1675 Industrial Park Ave., the motel at which Robinson met the girl, is the same location where a man is accused of murdering Priscilla Santana, 29, of Hemet in May 2012.

Kameron Hamilton, 24, of Rialto was arrested as Santana bled to death from multiple stab wounds.

Police said at the time Santana was working as a prostitute and the two were involved in a relationship.

Robinson's and Hamilton's cases are still pending trial.

Anonymous tips can be provided by texting 274637 using the keyword "REDTIP." Certain non-emergency crimes may also be reported online using the Redlands Police Department's CopLogic reporting system.